New Delhi, 3rd June (IANS): The Delhi government on Wednesday banned Maggi noodles for 15 days, after samples of the noodles were found to contain more than the permissible quantity of lead While the governments of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh have also ordered tests on the samples of Maggi in wake of reports that monosodium glutamate and lead in excess of the prescribed limits were detected in the noodles today.

New Delhi, 3rd June (IANS): The Supreme Court on Wednesday asked the CBSE not to declare the Pre-Medical Entrance Test (PMET) results till June 9 as Haryana Police was probing the leak of the May 4 examination paper.

Mumbai, 2nd June (IANS): Giving in to overwhelming demands for easing the monetary policy, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Monday lowered its short-term lending rate by 25 basis points in a move that could potentially reduce the cost of borrowings on personal and corporate loans.

Bengaluru, 2nd June (IANS): The Karnataka government on Tuesday sent random samples of Nestle's Maggi noodles to a state-run lab in Mysuru for testing its contents in the wake of the product allegedly failing to conform to food safety norms.